Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Biography : French writer, poet, journalist and aviator.
Born: 1900 - Died: 1944
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
France

France

Antoine de Saint-Exupery - Quotes

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
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A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.
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The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.
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A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
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True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.
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I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.
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The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.
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A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.
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